TY - BOOK AU - Ashworth,Mary AU - Wakefield,Patricia TI - Teaching the World's Children: ESL for Ages Three to Seven SN - 9780887511127 U1 - 372.65/21044 22 PY - 2004/// CY - Don Mills, ON PB - Pippin Publishing Corporation KW - Education KW - English language KW - Study and teaching N1 - Introduction -- Who Are the Children? -- Preliminary Information -- Where Do They Come from? -- Routines and Procedures at Day Care Centers and Schools -- Adjusting Your Classroom -- How Children Acquire and Use Language -- Learning the First Language -- Learning a Second language -- Principles and Their Application -- The Role of Language in Learning -- How Concepts Develop -- Early Literacy -- Expanding and Extending English -- Learning Centers -- Language and Literature as a Way of Knowing -- Narrative and Story in Language Learning. -- At Home -- At School -- Across Cultures -- Building Bridges -- Building Bridges to the Mainstream -- Building Bridges to the Home -- Building Bridges to the Community -- Building Bridges to Other Teachers -- Building Bridges to Tomorrow -- Appendix: Language -- Language: A System of Systems -- Resources -- Community Resources -- Children's Books -- References -- Journals N2 - "The language young children use is the language they learn. In clear, practical terms, this primer explains how early childhood educators and primary teachers can support the efforts of non-English speaking children in nursery schools, day care centres and classrooms to use -- and learn -- English as a second language. Loaded with ideas and down-to-earth advice from two highly experienced and internationally renowned ESL experts, it's an essential guide to developing a sensitive, welcoming program for all of the world's children." (Book Cover) UR - https://ocul-uo.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01OCUL_UO/5lqjs2/alma991047528611505161 ER -